Artist

Bernard Perlin

born Richmond, VA 1918-died Ridgefield, CT 2014
Born
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Died
Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States
Active in
  • Italy
Biography

Born in Virginia. After high school moved to New York City to study art. During World War II, he traveled the world as a newspaper sketch artist.

Nora Panzer, ed. Celebrate America in Poetry and Art (New York and Washington, D.C.: Hyperion Paperbacks for Children in association with the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1994)

Works by this artist (88 items)

Thomas Moran, The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, 1893-1901, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of George D. Pratt, 1928.7.1
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
Date1893-1901
oil on canvas
On view
Thomas Moran, A Mexican Hacienda, Lake Cuitzeo, 1885, oil on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1968.120.2
A Mexican Hacienda, Lake Cuitzeo
Date1885
oil on wood
On view
Thomas Moran, Fort George Island, Florida, 1878, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Neil M. Judd, 1970.73
Fort George Island, Florida
Date1878
oil on canvas
On view

Exhibitions

Media - 1986.6.100 - SAAM-1986.6.100_2 - 135134
Modern American Realism: Highlights from the Sara Roby Foundation Collection
This exhibition presents some of the most treasured paintings and sculpture from SAAM’s permanent collection, including artworks by Will Barnet, Isabel Bishop, Paul Cadmus, Edward Hopper, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Jacob Lawrence, George Tooker, among others.